Word Play
This word means both a “fruit” and a “computer brand.”
What is Apple?
This Italian explorer, who sailed for Spain, is often credited with “discovering” the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
If you need some assistance from someone who specializes in horticulture, you could call this type of business, named "Lawn and Order."
What is a Lawn Care Business?
This Italian dessert, whose name means “pick me up,” is layered with espresso-soaked ladyfingers and mascarpone cream.
What is Tiramisu?
This 1990s sitcom about six friends in New York had an episode titled “The One with the Monkey.”
What is Friends?
This is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
What is an anagram?
This 14th-century event killed an estimated 25–50 million people across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
This fish-and-chips shop reeled in customers with its name, "The Codfather."
What is a seafood restaurant?
This “forbidden fruit” gave its name to a tech company founded in 1976.
What is an apple?
This HBO fantasy series, based on novels by George R.R. Martin, featured the battle for the Iron Throne.
What is Game of Thrones?
This literary device uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
This wall in Germany, torn down in 1989, once divided East and West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This man's profession might make you chuckle if their company is called "Flush Gordon."
What is a plumber?
Invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Pemberton, this fizzy drink is now one of the most famous soft drinks in the world.
What is Coca-Cola?
This sketch comedy show, debuting in 1975, has launched the careers of comedians like Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, and Bill Hader.
What is Saturday Night Live?
A word or phrase that can be read the same forwards and backwards, like “level” or “racecar,” is called this.
What is a palindrome?
This ancient civilization, located in modern-day Iraq, developed cuneiform writing and the first known code of laws.
What is Sumer (or the Sumerians)?
This type of shop might comb the competition away by calling itself “Shear-Luck Holmes.”
What is a barbershop?
This Italian dish, whose name means “little worms,” is made from flour, eggs, and water, and can be served with marinara or Alfredo.
What is spaghetti?
This American sitcom, which debuted in 1989 and was famously described as “a show about nothing,” ran for 9 seasons.
What is Seinfeld?
This rare word describes a sentence in which every letter of the alphabet appears at least once, like “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
What is a pangram?
He was the first man to step on the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This shop in need of a catchy name went with “Florist Gump.”
What is a flower shop?
If you are offered escargo at a banquet, there's no need to rush; you're really being offered this.
What are snails?
This director created the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian and also played Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Who is Jon Favreau?